The Book of Qualities
10 best books like The Book of Qualities (J. Ruth Gendler): The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, The Wolf and the Dove, The Flame and the Flower, Shanna, A Rose in Winter, Sabine's Notebook, The Gnostic Gospels, The Dork of Cork, The Path: A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe, Ironweed
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
| Author | Henry Fielding |
| ISBN | 0140436227 |
A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squire—though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished...
| Author | Kathleen E. Woodiwiss |
| ISBN | 0380007789 |
The WolfNoble Aislinn grieves as the Iron Wolf and his minions storm through her beloved Darkenwald. And she burns with malice for the handsome Norman savage who would enslave her. . .even as she aches to know the rapture of the conqueror's kiss. The DoveFor the first time ever, mighty Wulfgar has been...
| Author | Kathleen E. Woodiwiss |
| ISBN | 0380005255 |
Doomed to a life of unending toil, Heather Simmons fears for her innocence—until a shocking, desperate act forces her to flee . . . and to seek refuge in the arms of a virile and dangerous stranger.
A lusty adventurer married to the sea, Captain Brandon Birmingham courts scorn and peril when...
| Author | Kathleen E. Woodiwiss |
| ISBN | 0380385880 |
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Behind the foreboding walls of Newgate Prison, a pact is sealed in secret -- as a dashing and doomed criminal consents to wed a beautiful heiress . . . in return for one night of unparalleled pleasure.In the fading echoes of hollow wedding vows, a promise...
| Author | Kathleen E. Woodiwiss |
| ISBN | 0380844001 |
A HEART TORMENTED
Erienne's father had given her hand to the richest suitor. She was now Lady Saxton, mistress of a great manor all but ruined by fire, wife to a man whose mysteriously shrouded form aroused fear and pity. Yet even as she fell in love with her adoring husband, Erienne despaired...
| Author | Nick Bantock |
| ISBN | 0811801802 |
Griffin
Foolish man. You cannot turn me into a phantom because you are frightened. You do not dismiss a muse at a whim. If you will not join me--then I will come to you.
Sabine
Sabine was supposed to be imaginary, a friend and lover that Griffin had created to soothe his loneliness....
| Author | Elaine Pagels |
| ISBN | 0679724532 |
The Gnostic Gospels is a landmark study of the long-buried roots of Christianity, a work of luminous scholarship and wide popular appeal. First published in 1979 to critical acclaim, winning the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Gnostic Gospels has continued to grow...
| Author | Chet Raymo |
| ISBN | 0446670006 |
The Dork of Cork is my favorite book- which is no lighthearted claim. I normally shy away from books where mothers are central characters, because often times they aren't written like real people. Mothers are either written as supremely screwed up, Donna Reed types, or afterthoughts in the background...
The Path: A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe
| Author | Chet Raymo |
| ISBN | 0802776906 |
For almost forty years, Chet Raymo has walked a one-mile path from his house to the college where he taught, chronicling the universe he has found through observing every detail of his route with a scientist's curiosity, a historian's respect for the past, and a child's capacity for wonder. With each...
| Author | William Kennedy |
| ISBN | 0743263065 |
Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, full-time drunk, has hit bottom. Years ago he left Albany in a hurry after killing a scab during a trolley workers' strike. He ran away again after accidentally -- and fatally -- dropping his infant son.
Now, in 1938, Francis is back in...
| Author | Sam Levenson |
| ISBN | 0671233203 |
Sam was my cousin. I remember when he published this book - I was a little girl - and he came over to the house to celebrate. The funny thing is that I never read any of his books which he sent to us prior to each publication. Then, this summer, while I was editing and revising "Five-Star FLEECING" someone emailed...
| Author | John O'Donohue |
| ISBN | 0385522274 |
From the author of the bestselling Anam Cara comes a beautiful collection of blessings to help readers through both the everyday and the extraordinary events of their lives.
John O'Donohue, Irish teacher and poet, has been widely praised for his gift of drawing on Celtic spiritual...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0892819111 |
Restores to the forefront of the Christian tradition the importance of the divine feminine
• The first complete English-language translation of the original Coptic Gospel of Mary, with line-by-line commentary
• Reveals the eminence of the divine feminine in Christian thought
•...
| Author | Hannah Sullivan |
| ISBN | 0571337678 |
Winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize 2018
One of Bustle's 12 Most Anticipated Poetry Collections for 2018
Hannah Sullivan’s debut collection is a revelation – three long poems of fresh ambition, intensity, and substance. Though each poem stands apart, their inventive and looping encounters...
| Author | Clarence Clemons |
| ISBN | 0446546267 |
For the first time ever comes the inside story of Clarence "Big Man" Clemons--his life before, during and beyond the E-Street Band, including unbelievable, never-before-told adventures with Bruce Springsteen, the band, and an incredible cast of other famous characters recounted by himself and...
Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
Discover the Celtic Circle of Belonging John O'Donohue, poet, philosopher, and scholar, guides you through the spiritual landscape of the Irish imagination. In Anam Cara, Gaelic for soul friend, the ancient teachings, stories, and blessings of Celtic wisdom provide such profound insights on the...
To Drink Coffee with a Ghost
"You cannot have a funeral for your mother without also having a funeral for yourself." This book poses the ever-lingering question: What happens when someone dies before they're able to redeem themselves?
From the bestselling & award-winning poetess, amanda lovelace, comes the finale...
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| ISBN | 0807014192 |
Read for my Nature Writing class. When either Ralph Waldo or Henry David actually describe nature, they both write beautiful descriptions. And I can't deny their talents for observation.
As a modern, Pagan reader, though, it's hard to get over the (Ralph Waldo's especially) Transcendentalist...
The Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed
| Author | Karen Elizabeth Gordon |
| ISBN | 0899191703 |
This is my favorite grammar book, bar none. Nothing else comes close. "A Punctuation Handbook" in name,
The Well-Tempered Sentence
-- originally published in 1983 -- also serves as a buffet of often hilarious and always craftily constructed examples of what has come to be called microfiction (or,...
The Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager and the Doomed
| Author | Karen Elizabeth Gordon |
Grammar and vampires? WHERE has this book been all my life?
Review:
This should be a helpful reference for me, since I definitely won't remember the fine details of, say, participles. I love grammar and can use it properly for the most part, but I couldn't tell you all about clauses or...
| Author | Chet Raymo |
| ISBN | 1886913455 |
All my life has been a relearning to pray-a letting go of incantational magic, petition, and the vain repetition me, Lord, me, ' instead watching attentively for the light that burns at the center of every star, every cell, every living creature, every human heart.-from the introduction
Informed...
The Universe Is a Green Dragon: A Cosmic Creation Story
| Author | Brian Swimme |
| ISBN | 0939680149 |
If I could give this more than five stars I would. If Maude from "Harold and Maude" had written a book, I think this might be it. It places the human dead center in the unfolding of creation without falling into anthropocentrism. It is hopeful, charming and exuberant. The book is a dialogue between an older...
Changing Light: The Eternal Cycle of Night and Day
| Author | J. Ruth Genfler |
| ISBN | 0060924470 |
This book was given to me by my writing mentor and friend, Thomas Centolella. During the period of time he gifted it to me I was going through probably the most difficult period of my adult life, my divorce and custody trial. The poems collected here were some of the most sustaining pieces I have read in my...
The Soul of the Night: An Astronomical Pilgrimage
Probing the depths of science and faith, scientist Chet Raymo investigates the mysteries of human spirituality and meaning contained in astronomy. Ranging through the stars and the myths humans have told about them for millennia, Raymo delves into "a pilgrimage in quest of the soul of the night."...
Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God
| Author | Chet Raymo |
| ISBN | 1561012351 |
"What is the relevance of traditional religion in the world described by contemporary science? Is scientific knowledge a satisfactory ground for the religious experience? Can the language of traditional religion constitute an appropriately modern language of praise?" --from Honey from Stone...
Billy Phelan's Greatest Game
| Author | William Kennedy |
| ISBN | 0140063404 |
The second novel in William Kennedy’s much-loved Albany cycle depicts Billy Phelan, a slightly tarnished poker player, pool hustler, and small-time bookie. A resourceful man full of Irish pluck, Billy works the fringes of the Albany sporting life with his own particular style and private code...
In One Era & Out the Other
| Author | Sam Levenson |
| ISBN | 0671447440 |
Like Levenson the performer, Levenson the writer is gentle, sentimental and a hyperbolic storyteller, whose metier is a happy combination of Golden's Lower East Side nostalgia binges and Alan King's jovial assaults on contemporary idiocies of the new generation and its beleaguered parents. Levenson...
Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town
| Author | Elyssa East |
| ISBN | 1416587047 |
In rich first-person narrative, Dogtown tells the strange, dark story of a wilderness ghost town that has enthralled artists, writers, and eccentrics—and of a brutal murder committed there. Documenting its history and lore, East explores the possibility that certain landscapes wield their...
Bitter with Baggage Seeks Same: The Life and Times of Some Chickens
| Author | Sloane Tanen |
| ISBN | 0747570744 |
Chickens show off their human side in Sloane Tanen's irresistible dioramas.
With more personality than most people have to spare, New York artist Sloane Tanen's tiny yellow chickens negotiate the tricky modern world, filled with three-headed blind dates, menacing KFCs, playground popularity...
Wunderding y otros escalofrios
| Author | Olga Drennen |
| ISBN | 9879015975 |
Este libro lo tenía en mi biblioteca, juntando polvo, desde hace unos años. Me lo regalaron mis padres cuando era chica y nunca llegué a leerlo. Hasta ahora.
El libro en sí está bien. Sin embargo no es ni la gran cosa en cuanto a libros para niños (no lo podemos comparar por ejemplo a "El Principito",...
